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Saddleback sh ook with the so unds of 4 01 Junior/Intermediate racers, all trying fo r a shot at the ABC/Bell co ntingencies.
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as ABC/Bell
By Joel Jamieson
ORANG E, CAL.,J AN. 18
With 401 racers signed in and over
100 having to be turned away, the
ABC Leathers/Bell Helmets all
J unior.In term ediate day could be
termed a suc cess. The onl y problem
arose when the sun disappeared behind
the Irvine hills and the 125 Intermediate
and J un ior fin als h ad to be p u t off till
th e nex t CMC/Saddleback race , due to
lac k of light . One racer remarked th at
headlights should have been passed o ut
o n th e starting line . Tha t would have
been th e ho t set up if y ou ran any of the
late motos!
Russ Eide p icked up some ABC
leathers after his two moto swee p of the
100 Junior class. Lye Babi gave Eide
some competition durin g the first moto ,
finishing a strong second only to drop
to 19th in the fmal round. With Babi
way bac k, th is gave Russ Eide an easy
Mike Vada tries his hand at rid in' instead of writin ' at Saddleback.
second m oto victory . Fo llo wing Eide in
the overa ll was Allen Fox (Suz) and
Honda mounted Quinton Taylor .
Ma ico pilot, Curt Arnsaiger led the
5l!0 J un ior fmal fro m st art to fin ish,
han dling his German machine well,
leaving Ken Feulner and J im Berry to
have it ou t for the second place Bell
Helme t prize. Feulner got second and a
Motostar hel met while Berry collected a
Bell Helmet bag and th ird overall.
The rider to wat ch in the 250
Intermediate final was Alex Collins.
Alex came from sixth to grab third on
the last lap and pressured Rick
Rasm usso n (Hus) for second. Alex ran
out of tim e so he p ut an all-out attempt
on Rick in the . last co mer, wide-open
with both feet off the pegs . The p ass
failed and Alex got a hel met bag for his
last ditch attempt. Thad Friday avoided
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all th is by bei ng way up front.
The start of the SRA GP on the (usad to
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SRA Carlsbad GP
By Sebastian
CARLSBAD, CAL ., JAN. 4
The Sportsman Racin g Association opened their 19 76 season
with a new event for them, a
Grand Prix on the Carlsbad O ffRoa d GP course . San Diego area
hotshoes blended with SRA regulars to
give the fans a heck of a show. The
newly formed Advanced class, where
Experts can play without cherry-pickin,
lo oks like it might catch on.
In the 25 0 Comb ined race J im Coo ke
(Kaw) really ate up t he 3.5 mile loo p as
he wired the whole thing for the
Advanced win. Wayne Martin tried to
catch hi m but lost ground on each lap.
bel road race
course at Carlsbad.
